• Read more about Use of Varenicline and Nicotine Replacement Therapy for Tobacco Cessation 

Effective February 18, 2022, MaineCare covers the use of varenicline and nicotine replacement therapies prescribed together for tobacco cessation and will cover prescriptions for both products for a member, regardless of the member’s prescription history.

• Read more about No Prior Authorization (PA) Needed for Insulin Used to Treat Gestational Diabetes   

MaineCare will reimburse providers for Humulin and Novolin Neutral Protamine Hagedorn (NPH) insulin for gestational diabetes without a PA when providers indicate pregnancy on the prescription.

• Read more about No Prior Authorization (PA) Needed for Insulin Used to Treat Gestational Diabetes  

MaineCare will reimburse providers for Humulin and Novolin Neutral Protamine Hagedorn (NPH) insulin for gestational diabetes without a PA when providers indicate pregnancy on the prescription.

• Read more about No Prior Authorization (PA) Needed for Insulin Used to Treat Gestational Diabetes

MaineCare will reimburse providers for Humulin and Novolin Neutral Protamine Hagedorn (NPH) insulin for gestational diabetes without a PA when providers indicate pregnancy on the prescription.

• Read more about Attention Primary Care Providers: Powdered Infant Formula Recall 

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an infant

Mar 3, 2022

Today, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services announced that it is delivering additional help for low-income families to pay for this winter’s unusually high energy costs.

• Read more about Mills Administration Delivers Heating Cost Relief to 13,000 Low-Income Maine Families

• Read more about Residential Care Facility (PNMI Appendix C) Rate Letters

Section 97, Appendix C Residential Care Facility (RCF) letters for January 1, 2022 – June 30, 2022 are now available on the 

• Read more about Attention Sections 67 and 97, Appendix C Providers

Date Extension for the Use of Funds you received in September and October of 2021 as COVID-19 Supplemental Long Term Care Payments.

Feb 2, 2022

Today, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) issued new MaineCare payment rates to nursing facilities, to be followed shortly by rates for residential care facilities (Private Non-Medical Institutions (PNMI), Appendix C), which increase funding by $12 million from January through June 2022. This includes the $4.5 million appropriated in the biennial budget for increasing rates, effective January 1, 2022, to support at least 125 percent of the minimum wage for direct care workers.

• Read more about DHHS Advances Support for Maine’s Nursing and Residential Care Facilities

• Read more about Primary Care Plus and Health Home Services Implementation Updates

Primary Care Plus (PCPlus) Implementation Date Update